Zina Nibley Petersen (PhD, Catholic University of America) is an Associate Professor at Brigham Young University. She teaches courses in early British literature and language. Her research interests include the literary history of Christianity, mysticism, women’s religious and spiritual issues, Chaucer, Malory, and King Arthur. She also follows developments in popular Medievalism, which, as distinct from Medieval Studies, is the exploration of the uses and interpretation of the Middle Ages (for instance, the pre-Raphaelites or twentieth-century fantasy).

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